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Area are wooden and that explains what a lot of that debris is. it took down cars and boats and buildings and the death toll currently is 35 but that number is going to go way, way up. thank you so much. and we ll check in with you again. thanks so much for the insight. we also have a statement released from the white house which we d like to share with you because this is from the president of the united states through the spokesperson. michelle and i send our deepest condolences to the people of japan, particularly those who have lost loved ones in the earthquake and tsunami. the united states stands ready to help the japanese people in time of this great trial. the friendship and alliance between our two nations is unshakeable and only strengthens our resolve to stand with the people of japan as they overcome this strategy. we will continue to closely monitor the tsunamis around gentlem japan and the pacific going farther. we re asking all our citizens to listen to their state and ....
Since this hit us and i happened to be home at 3:00 in the afternoon, it s a friday here so i came home early and i haven t been out of the house now so the whole thing is when this happens, they teach you and train you not to go outdoors. stay where you are. or if you re in an open space, go outdoors. i m in a neighborhood now and i contemplated that, went outside but there s all kinds of wires and telephone poles and it s just aftershocks. it s really tough to make decisions when it happens. tom byer, amazing to get your firsthand perspective in japan live for us this morning. continue to check in with you. thank you very much for your perspective. 4.5 magnitude earthquake already struck hawaii now as a result and residents bracing for a tsunami after the major earthquake in japan. a tsunami warning has been issued for much of the u.s. west coast. the first wave is expected to hit there at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. that time has shifted. anita vogel is live for us in los angel ....
Down. so can you imagine being in the middle of an earthquake with 30 aftershocks and with all lights out. and the thing about the power plants, we ve got a news alert that a nuclear power plant is in trouble right now. there s been an escape of emergency declared. there s a cooling system failure. there s no electricity to cool the core. no radiation leaks at this point. but nonetheless, japan is a nation that gets a lot of its electricity from atomic power and if they can t cool down the core, that s going to be a problem. and brian just mentioned a few moments ago, the president has put out a statement just issuing a statement within the last few minutes and our own peter doocy is live in washington with all of those details. good morning. good morning, gretchen, and we re hearing now that the president was told about the earthquake and then the resulting tsunami by his chief of staff, bill daley at about 4:00 this morning and in the last few minutes, you just heard some of it ....
Maybe in this case it wasn t quick enough. we also are getting some reports from some of our military men and women serving overseas, for example, from a lieutenant colonel who wrote us and says we re stationed here in okinawa and we are ok and they are watching. we know the uss abraham lincoln pulled into port yesterday. we re interested to hear what they ve been asked to do and what they say. joining us on the phone from the u.s. geological survey with the very latest we have with us rob williams in golden, colorado. good morning to you. good morning. try to put this into perspective. we understand this is the largest earthquake in japan since records started in the 1800 s, how big is 8.9? it s a great earthquake. definitely probably going to reach into the top six since about 1900 for earthquakes ....
Known to be able to make a confident prediction. and so far, according to your estimation, how many aftershocks have they had in that region? there s been hundreds of aftershocks, i know, we were only able to analyze the larger ones. we have 40 mac any greater than five so far. those are all felt easily by people along the coast. this is a bad one, isn t it? it s a horrific event for the japanese people. at least the japanese engineers and construction experts, they planned for this day so as much as you could build a structure that could withstand an earthquake, they have. maybe people will take a deep breath as to it might not be bad as what happened in taiwan or might not be as bad as what happened in haiti. that s an excellent point. they are leading the world ....